X-Men scribe and Trick 'r Treat director Michael Dougherty signs on for Christmastime horror, Krampus.
It’s been a long time coming, but it appears that Michael Dougherty is finally being recognized for the holiday horror guru he’s been since the 2007-directed (but 2009 DVD released) Halloween instant-classic Trick ‘r Treat.
Yes, as reported in Deadline, Dougherty is now teaming with Thomas Tull’s Legendary Pictures to bring a different kind of festive monster to life…Christmas’ Krampus. A film about the European-famed holiday monster who feasts on the blood of naughty children come every Christmas Eve. The project is co-written by Todd Casey and Zach Shields.
Dougherty has come back into vogue with not only Legendary (who he previously worked on for 2006’s Superman Returns) but also at 20th Century Fox where he co-wrote X2: X-Men United and has been brought back onboard to help write 2016’s slated X-Men: Apocalypse.
Krampus marks the second project about the Yuletide killer to recently go into production since Kevin Smith also recently announced his intention to direct a horror movie about the critter late last month.
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